Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842

Ashman, Lauren G., Keyzer, Roger De & S ́ Lipińsk, Adam, 2023, The Australian genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) with a revision of the Rhytiphora collaris group, Zootaxa 5312 (1), pp. 1-62 : 51

Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842

Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842: 429 . TL: Port Essington , Northern Territory (lectotype in OUMNH, examined here; Fig. 2F , 10J )

Symphyletes humeralis White, 1858: 269 . TL: Port Essington, Northern Territory (lectotype in BMNH, examined by Ślipiński & Escalona 2013; Fig. 10K )

Moved to Rhytiphora (Setomopsis) piperitia: Breuning, 1961a: 272

Rhytiphora truncata Breuning, 1940: 424 . TL: Duringo, Queensland (holotype in USNM, examined by Lingafelter et al. 2014; Fig. 10L ). Junior secondary homonym of Aegomomus truncatus (Pascoe, 1864) . New synonym

Rhytiphora truncatoides Tavakilian & Nearns 2014a: 106 . Replacement name for R. truncata ( Breuning, 1940)

Distribution: QLD, NT, WA

Host plants: Acacia auriculiformis ; Bauhinia sp. ; Casuarina equisetifolia ; Mimosa pigra ; Peltophorum pterocarpum (ANIC specimen data; Webb 1987)

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FIGURE 2. Rhytiphora species, holotypes (A–J) and reference photos (K–L). A: Rhytiphora detrita male Hope, 1842. B: Mesiphiastus (Pubiphiastus) laterialbus female Breuning, 1970. C: Rhytiphora macleayi female Lea, 1912. D: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla fuscosignata male Breuning, 1970. E: Acanthocinus piliger female Macleay, 1826. F: Rhytiphora piperitia female Hope, 1842. G: Menyllus rotundipennis male Breuning, 1968. H: Rhytiphora (Rhytiphora) subargentata male Breuning, 1970. I: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) tenimberensis male Breuning, 1973 [R. sundaensis]. J: Rhytiphora tuberculata male Hope, 1842. K: Rhytiphora rugicollis female (Dalman, 1817). L: Rhytiphora frenchiana female Breuning, 1961.

FIGURE 10. Rhytiphora collaris group, type specimens. A: Platyomopsis delicatula McKeown, 1948 holotype male. B: Rhytiphora uniformis Blackburn, 1901 lectotype female. C: Rhytiphora maculosella Blackburn, 1902 lectotype female. D: Saperda collaris Donovan, 1805 neotype male. E: Rhytiphora (Setomopsis) vermiculosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. F: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) parafarinosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. G: Symphyletes compos Blackburn, 1902 lectotype male. H: Symphyletes vestigialis Pascoe, 1864 lectotype male. I: Rhytiphora amicula White, 1859 lectotype male. J: Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842 lectotype female. K: Symphyletes humeralis White, 1858 lectotype. L: Rhytiphora truncata Breuning, 1940 holotype.